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Chatham His Early Life and Connections

By: Rosebery, Lord:

Price: £18.00

Publisher: Arthur L. Humphreys 1910 1st edition:

Seller ID: 52825

In original red cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. In very good condition. Spine slightly faded, front partly faded. Edges lightly rubbed with slight scratches to front and spine. Mild foxing to edges. Browning to endpapers. Else clean and tight copy. 526pp. Biography of the early years of William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham who became Prime Minister in 1766. This book covers his youth, years in the Army and early days as an MP up to 1756. Perhaps Rosebery’s best work. In many ways Pitt was as complex as Rosebery himself. Both had complex private lives that biographers still ...
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On The Road. Journeys of a Tramping Printer.

By: ROUNSFELL, J. W.;

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Caliban Books 1982 1st:

Seller ID: 76153

8.75 x 5.75 inches. Hardback in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. With original illustrated paper dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrap. (DW price clipped.) Neat owners label to front endpaper. Some slight darkening to page edges else a very clean and tight copy. 184pp + xviiipp. B&W frontis.
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Robert Stephen Hawker of Morwenstow: A Belated Medieval. An Essay by A.L.Rowse.

By: ROWSE, A.L.:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: Elephant Press. 1975 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 71374

Size 6.275 x 9.25 inches. In brown cloth covers. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; slightly rubbed and creased along top edge. Not price clipped). Small marks and owner’s bookplate to front endpaper. Else a clean and tight copy. 32pp. With engraving at heading. Robert Stephen Hawker was an Anglican priest, poet, antiquarian of Cornwall and reputed eccentric. He is best known as the writer of The Song of the Western Men and as the founder of Harvest Festival.
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1992, Vol. 38.

By: ROYAL SOCIETY:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London. The Royal Society. 1992:

Seller ID: 56149

Tall 8vo. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly rubbed at top edge. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 416pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs. Biographical Memoirs of 22 Fellows of the Royal Society. With microfiche in pocket at back.
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1994, Vol. 40.

By: ROYAL SOCIETY:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London. The Royal Society. 1994:

Seller ID: 56150

Tall 8vo. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly rubbed with small tear at top edge. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 445pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs. Biographical Memoirs of 24 Fellows of the Royal Society. With microfiche in pocket at back.
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1995, Vol. 41.

By: ROYAL SOCIETY:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London. The Royal Society. 1995:

Seller ID: 56151

Tall 8vo. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; small marks, slight crease to top edge. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 602pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs. Biographical Memoirs of 39 Fellows of the Royal Society. With microfiche in pocket at back.
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1996, Vol. 42.

By: ROYAL SOCIETY:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London. The Royal Society. 1996:

Seller ID: 56152

Tall 8vo. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; tear to top front corner. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 559pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs. Biographical Memoirs of 32 Fellows of the Royal Society. With microfiche in pocket at back.
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1997, Vol. 43.

By: ROYAL SOCIETY:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London. The Royal Society. 1997:

Seller ID: 56153

Tall 8vo. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; small marks, slight crease to top edge. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 541pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs. Biographical Memoirs of 32 Fellows of the Royal Society. With microfiche in pocket at back.
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2000, Vol. 46.

By: ROYAL SOCIETY:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London. The Royal Society. 2000:

Seller ID: 56156

Tall 8vo. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; small marks, slight crease to top edge. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 614pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs. Biographical Memoirs of 33 Fellows of the Royal Society. With microfiche in pocket at back.
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2001, Vol. 47.

By: ROYAL SOCIETY:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London. The Royal Society. 2001:

Seller ID: 56157

Tall 8vo. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; small marks, slight crease to top edge. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 526pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs. Biographical Memoirs of 31 Fellows of the Royal Society. With microfiche in pocket at back.
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2002, Vol. 48.

By: ROYAL SOCIETY:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London. The Royal Society. 2002:

Seller ID: 56158

Tall 8vo. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; small marks. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 508pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs. Biographical Memoirs of 28 Fellows of the Royal Society. With microfiche in pocket at back.
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2003, Vol. 49.

By: ROYAL SOCIETY:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London. The Royal Society. 2003:

Seller ID: 56159

Tall 8vo. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; small marks. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 559pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs. Biographical Memoirs of 32 Fellows of the Royal Society. With microfiche in pocket at back.
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2004, Vol. 50.

By: ROYAL SOCIETY:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London. The Royal Society. 2004:

Seller ID: 56160

Tall 8vo. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; small marks. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 390pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs. Biographical Memoirs of 24 Fellows of the Royal Society. With microfiche in pocket at back.
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2005, Vol. 51.

By: ROYAL SOCIETY:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London. The Royal Society. 2005:

Seller ID: 56161

Tall 8vo. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. In near fine condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; small marks. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 476pp. Prof. ills with b/w photographs. Biographical Memoirs of 30 Fellows of the Royal Society. With microfiche in pocket at back.
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Glubb Pasha The Life and time of Sir Bagot Glubb, Commander in the Arab Legion.

By: ROYLE, Trevor:

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Little Brown and Company, 1992 1st:

Seller ID: 83545

Hardback, 9.5 x 6 inches. Hardback, 9.5 x 6 inches. Dark green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (DW some minor rubbing to corners, some minor creases to edges. Price clipped at front.) Cloth clean, neat inscription to endpaper. Some minor tanning to inside pages else a very clean and tight copy. 525pp. Illustrated with 9 maps and many B&W photo illustrations.
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Prince of Players. Edwin Booth.

By: RUGGLES, ELEANOR:

Price: £3.00

Publisher: London. Peter Davies. 1953 1st edition.:

Seller ID: 73607

Size 5.5 x 8.0 inches. In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; spine slightly faded. Slightly creased around edges with small chips and tears. Small marks to back. Not price clipped). Mild foxing to edges. Spine slightly faded and bumped at ends. Else a clean and tight copy. 318pp. With b/w portrait frontis. Biography of the brother of John Wilkes Booth. Edwin Booth was a successful actor both in USA and Europe.
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Myself When Young.

By: RUSHBY, Nellie P.;

Price: £60.00

Publisher: Michael Moon, Beckermet Bookshop, Cumberland. 1973 1st:

Seller ID: 75029

Size approx 5 x 8 inchesin red cloth binding with gilt to spine and original paper dustwrapper. In very good near fine condition. DW has some minor dark handling marks with one small tear to rear edge.Esle clean and tight throughout. 95pp. With frontis portrait.
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The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell. 1872 - 1967.

By: RUSSELL, BERTRAND:

Price: £12.00

Publisher: G.Allen & Unwin. 1971 1st thus.:

Seller ID: 58496

Tall 8vo. In illustrated limp card covers. In very good condition. Spines slightly faded. Else clean and tight copies. 3 vols. Paperback edition of the philosopher, peace campaigner.
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The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell. 1872 - 1967.

By: RUSSELL, BERTRAND:

Price: £65.00

Publisher: G.Allen & Unwin. 1967:

Seller ID: 58501

Tall 8vo. In maroon cloth covers with gilt to spines. With illustrated dustwrappers. In very good condition with very good dustwrappers (dw; slightly rubbed along edges. Spines slightly rubbed at ends. Some small marks. Not price clipped). Vol II has old sticky tape to flyleaves. Else clean and tight copies. 3 vols. Vol I 2nd imp, others 1st edition. Autobiography of the philosopher, peace campaigner.
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Image for Schönhausen Und Die Familie Von Bismarck (Schönhausen and the Family of Bismarck) Bearbeitet im Auftrage der Familie von G. Schmidt. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungeu. (Edited on behalf of the family by G. Schmidt. With numerous illustrations.) GERMAN LANGUAGE.

Schönhausen Und Die Familie Von Bismarck (Schönhausen and the Family of Bismarck) Bearbeitet im Auftrage der Familie von G. Schmidt. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungeu. (Edited on behalf of the family by G. Schmidt. With numerous illustrations.) GERMAN LANGUAGE.

By: SCHMIDT, Dr. Georg P.:

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Berlin, Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, 1897:

Seller ID: 80898

Hardback, 10 x 7 inches. Blue cloth with silver lettering and silver paneling and crest to front. Beveled boards, marbled page edges. Patterned endpapers. In very good condition. Small bump to cloth near middle of spine, ends of spine rubbed and corners bumped. Some bumps to edges of boards. Some minor handling marks to cloth. Bookplate to front “James Beethom Whitehead.” Inside pages all very clean and tight throughout. Else a very clean and tight copy. 196pp., Illustrated with 2 b&w photo portrait plates, many illustrations (some toned) in text. With decorative headers and ta...
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